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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-11-03
For THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
A BIRTHDAY SURPRISE.
SOUTH Fork TOWNSHIP,
FORSYTH Co.. N, g.

OAsN ANSA4AA
Forsyth Co., N. G.
On Tuesday, the 18th of October, at
II M, a large party of her friends per-
petrated a most pleasant and enjoyable
surprise on our much beloved old
friend, Mrs. Sarah Fetner. At the
hour named, wagons and buggies be-
gan to roll up loaded with neighbors,
baskets, &C.: until the premises were
litarally captured and overrun by as
happy a party as ever gathered in this
section.
She was II years old that day, and
the party was made up of exactly that
number Of her many friends.
An elegant dinner, a joyous happy
evening, and with many heartfelt
wishes for the health and happiness of
our esteemed friend, we babe her
good bye. She is one of our old land
marks. She has 10 children, 70 grand
children and so great grandchildren.
May this pleasant little episode be a
sweet remembrance to her as she goes
down the steep of life.
= 3A S. A. NIFoNG.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-11-03

L free institutions and to the we'll
being and prosperity Of the whole
country, and which are Of common in
terest to every1good citizen of what
ever name or party, and which they
will stand by Loyalty and to the end.
We believe that all these demands
point to Legislative reform, either by
the legislatures of the States, or by
the National Congress. Read them
carefully and discuss them freely. We
would be glad to have our readers
give us their views briefly and point
eddy on any one or more Of them.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-11-03
BE PATIENT,

Owing to the removal of our Ma
tional headquarters to Dallas, Texas,
there has necessarily been some delay
in sending out supplies to the various
States. We have ordered outfits for
organizers and for Subordinate and
County Alliances, and we are informed
that they will be forthcoming just as
soon as they come from the press.
We hope to be able at an early day to
supply all who have applied or who
may apply. Be patient, brethren. We
arc doing all in our power to expedite
the work.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-11-03

Strictly Cash. Send as a Club.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-11-03

per acre before sowing, and let it stand
two years, then follow and put haol.
in corn, and the yield has been "a
much as 10 barrels per acre AFTERWARDS
without any other manuring. 7 bavo
no seed to sell, but I hope everv
farmer in North Carolina will soS,
some clover each year, and their Land
will get rich.
Below [ hand you a statement &c
some crops that I raised on one acra
of land in IL months time. You nav
publish if you choose.
YIELD OF ONE ACRE.
I made on acre, in - months
IL bushels rye, 5000 pounds clover
hay and $50 bushels turnips.
On November 18th, 1885, meas.
ured off one acre of land and set ont
an apple orchard !; at the same time
the land was seeded down in rye
which was well MANFRED with barn
yard compost. In March, 1886, Iran
over the rye with smoothing harrow,
which looked like it ought to iniure
the crop; at the same time I sowed one
gallon red clover seed. I soon had q
splendid stand of clover and the rye
began to grow very rapidly. 1 cut
the rye and fed my two horses for one
month on green rye. Then the rye
went to seed and was cut, and yielded
IL bushels seed. The clover sprano
up and grew SO rapid that 1 thought
it might injure my young trees; so as
the blooms began to turn it was
moved. [ hauled four two-horse
wagon loads of nice hay to my barn,
after which there was a six-inch stub.
BILE left to follow, which was fallowed
soon and the land we'll ~pulverized and
planted in turnips, which was cult.
waited well and housed on the 18th of
November, l886-yield $50 bushels.
Is this a fair part for one acre?
Hoping to have an Alliance in old
Halifax soon, with best wishes to The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
Yours. truly,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-11-03
HAVE YOU TRIED 1T?

Have you noticed the exceedingly
low club rates at which we offer our
paper? Have you taken a copy to
your Club or to your Alliance and
tried to get up a Club? Do you want
to see the farmers organized Do
you want to aid in this grand work?
Do you want to place the farmers I'M
position where their voice will be
heard? Do you want your paper to
WELD an influence for good? When
we came to Raleigh we announced
purpose to put at least 1000 sub,
scribers on our list by the first Of
January, 1888, and we are now more
hopeful than ever that 1t a be done,
provided our friends all over the State
will give us just a little help. Will
you not try to get us a Club? Here
are our rates:
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WHITTIER ARE WI DRIFTING :

" The Richmond Wing says: ~
"The Western Union has broken
down and bought up every opposition
line that has been started, and the
fact has become evident that no pri-
vate corporation can compete with it"
The whole Telegraph system of this
mighty country in the hands of Jay
Gould What a dangerous power F.!
The Western Union monopoly has
worked steadily to accomplish it. It
virtually defes all competition, for no
corporation will venture to enter the
field against a man who is backed by
q hundred millions of dollars The
telegraph service is as essential almost
to the commercial world as the mail
service, and yet we find it in the hands
of man. The people comprehend
the danger, for the Knights of Labor
in their recent convention at Mime
apolis, and the National Farmers Ali.
ance in convention at Shreveport, rep
r~esenting together not less than two
and one-half millions of the laboring
men of the country, demanded that
the government should operate the
telegraph and telephone systems of
the country as adjuncts to the U. S.
Mail Service. The business men and
the press all over the land will say
amen! Will we be told that this is
tending to Capitalization in our gov
eminent q? Be it 50. We infinitely
prefer a peoples monopoly to the mon
opoly Of one q They car at least
have an indirect controls in it's guidance
through their suffrages. Jay Gould
today holds in his hand a power which
is fearfully dangerous. It is a power
which we would not entrust to a
George Washington, nor to any man
who ever lived, and the people all over
the country should call upon the pres.
ent Congress at its coming session, to
take immediate steps for placing the
country beyond the danger with
which it is threatened. The grasping
and Unsuitable greed of monopoly
must be checked and it can and will
only be done by the people. Let
them speak,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-11-03
THE sHEET-ANCHOR OF OUR
s. HOPE.
Grass, Clover and Stock.

The PROGRESSIVE FARMER halls with
delight the inauguration of any enter
prise for improving and advancing
the interests of our agricultural COM
munity. Diversified husbandry,
judiciously adjusted to u capablll-
ties, is the great want of the South,
and especially of u State. The
ripest thinkers and the most success
full of our farmers, all feel this. Capt.
B. P. Williamson, of this city, is n
of our prominent pioneers in this new
departure. He has good cotton lands,
but his splendid orchards, vines, fine
herd of Jerseys, and magnificent grass
and clover fields, and his superb horses
show that he is no blind worshipper
of cotton. He has long believed that
here around Raleigh, grass and stock
could be made to pay. He went to
work earnestly and intelligently and
satisfied himself and proved to all
doubters that grass and clover can be
grown as successfully here as any
where. This done, he now takes the
next most rational step to utilize it in
the most profitable way-by raising
fine cattle and horses. He believes
that fine trotters, fine saddle and fine
harness horses should be raised by
u people. He is so thoroughly con
WINGED that it can be done that he has
added to his stable, at considerable
expense, five elegant animals from
Kentucky. His purpose is to have a
model stock farm from which may be
supplied hat class of stock which is
best suited to the tastes and necessities
of our people, and to enlarge and de-
velop the capacity of the farm as
necessity or demand may require. We
wish him all manner of success in his
laudable undertaking, and would
commend his example to others who
are vainly striving to make money on
cotton. Grass, clover and stock must
be the agricultural salvation of our
State. The interest in breeding and
training horses for speed in Kentucky
began in ls43 and it has developed
until AW it ranks among the fore
mos9 industries of that prosper
ous0-, and has placed Kentucky at
the head of the list of all the Ameri-
can States in the production of the
trotter. Why may not Raleigh be-
come to North Carolina what Lexing-
ton is to Kentucky in this great and
profitable industry ?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-11-03
For THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
CLOVER AND WHAT 1T WILL DO

A1RL1E FARM, N. c., Oct.- 81.
While in Raleigh, l called around
one night at the Capitol to see what
the Farmers Institute was doing. I
heard ar address read on grasses and
several very interesting talks about
clover and as I did not give in my
experience there, I don't know as it
would be out of place to let you have
a bit of it now. I am an advocate of
clover-have not been able to discover
any crop that can begin to compare
with. it as a land renovator. I have
been cultivating the crop for several
years, and always find that my land
improves. My father kept part Of his
land in clover all the time, and 1 have
often heard him say "that whenever
he got his land rich enough to secure
a stand Of clover, that it was safe"
meaning that he could then make it
as rich as he wanted it by planting
clover. ="
/ find that March is the best time
for seeding clover, either with spring
oats or by running a harrow over
wheat fields. I always get a good
stand and have often moved two tons
of hay from clover sown in March the
same year, and never fail to get two
crops the following year. I have seen
my father seed land to clover that did
not produce but four barrels of corn
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-11-03
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

No greater responsibility rests on
any of the officers of the Alliance than
on the Secretaries of Subordinate and
County Alliances. They are expected
and required to have a complete rec
ord of all the workings of their re-
spective bodies. These records should
be accurate and should be uniform.
It is all important that at the end of
each quarter, each County Secretary
should be able to make: a complete
and perfect report and to make it
promptly. To do this he must have
such reports from the Sub-secretaries.
Comprehending these important truths
we were glad to see a meeting of the
Sub-secretaries held in this city last
Saturday at the instance of the faith
full and efficient Secretary Of our
County Alliance. They. organized an
Association of the Secretaries of the
various Alliances of the county and
it will meet regularly one week before
the regular quarterly meeting of the
County Alliance to perfect their quar-
terly reports and to consider such
other matters as may promote and
facilitate their duties. 1t is a wise
step and we earnestly commend it to
the secretaries of other counties.
Every county should have such an
organization of its secretaries. It
would be of great advantage to. the
order as we'll as to the county and
State officers. cog
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-11-03
FARMS AND THE FARMERS,

Of all the classes of men that 60 TO
make up a State OF an Empire the
farmers are the\m most important, and
their education should by all means be
equal to that of the professional. IL
has long been the practice of farmers
to select their most promising sons anG
educate them for the professions, and
the slowest and the dullest at home 1or
the drudgery of>the farm, and this IS
n of the great reasons why SO many
farmers are overloaded with debt anu
in too many cases burdened and ham
pered with mortgages, for mortgages
are the heaviest burdens that have "
be carried. We think the farming
interests of this country demand tna'
the education Of the boys intended lol
farmers should not be neglected nor
should the dullest boys be kept oacA
for farmers. -<t.
= The present intensive nd,aggresslve
system of farming demands a ,degree
Of intelligence equal to that Oh, LIZ ho
most advanced professions, ana h bo
whose education is neglected must ~
left far behind in the agricultural l"oo
Enterprise is one of the fruits on euu ~
ton, vnd when we find the latter WI
may look for the former. Inc no
enterprising farmers within our AavT
edge are educated and they make la I'D
ing a pleasure instead OF a task, in
this is n of the secrets OF success
any business. He whose business he
pleasure is sure to succeed wn1ie ors
whose business is a great task Is aiEn; N
confused, and is almost sure 10 i"n
the end.-Laursnbmy Eapress.
There are $40 subordinate As.hose
tural Wheels in Tennessee o.
7l3 were organized the past yeAi
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-11-03
THE BOYCOTT MATTER AGAIN.
1t will be remembered that HE
PROGRESSIVE FARMER in it's issue of

IL Will DE remembered That IHE
PROGRESSIVE FARMER in it's issue of
Oct. 18th entered az strong protest
against OF man power" The ar
ticle was based on an editorial of the
News and Observer, in which a review
of the boycott of the R & G. Road by
the Raleigh business men was given,
after an interview of a reporter of that
paper with Maj. Winder. We clearly
inferred from that article that in this
fight Mr.. Sol Haas was against the
Raleigh merchants, and that Maj.
Winder was clearly on their side, but
/ was powerless to render them any aid
in the matter. The Observer said of
Mr.. Haas: "He plainly intimates that
no concession whatever will be made"
1t said of Maj. Windtr 'From con-
v~ersations by a reporter with him
(Maj. Winder) it is plain that he is in
favor of giving carload rates to the
business men, and if it we're optional
with him, he would do so at once"
We have seen a communication
from the General Management of the
Sea Board Airline and Piedmont
Airline in regard to this trouble in
which the questions involved are dis
eussed at length, and in which it is
declared that Mr. Sol Haas "acted
under instructions and that rates are
based on the basis agreed upon by the
General Management Of these lines.
This communication e%xonerates Mr..
Haas from all responsibility or blame
In the matter and claims that the rates
established fof the incoming and out
going business Of Raleigh are in &C
cordance with the law against dis
examinations in freight, 49,
We refer to the matter again
simply to make good Cur fixed pur-
pose, that this paper shall be fair and
just to all The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER will not carry mud with
which to build up big men out Of
mere pigmies, nor Wilt cringingly
cover at the foot Of arrogant power,
neither will it engage in the equally
small business of detracting from men
or measures because of popular cutlery
against them. equal rights to all;
special favors to none" is the rule by
which it seeks to. be guided in dealing
with public men and measures.
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PLEASE NOTICE.

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us a favor by stating the Office at which
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to which it is desired to be sent. Failure
to do this puts us to a great deal of trouble
and the necessity of going through a long
list of names, involving not only much
work, but much loss of time, when time
is valuable.
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lest and easiest method of informing our
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So if you see the Cross Mark, let US hear
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There are $40 subordinate As.hes hos,
tural Wheels in Tennessee ol
7l3 were organized the past yeai'
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RALEIGH, N. c., NOV. 3, 1887.
This paper entered as second class matter at the Post
Office in Raleigh, N. CT

The Progressive Farmer is the
Official Organ Of the N. C.. Farmers
Association and N. G. State Farmers
Alliance.
, 1887-05-04
Tie Corner stone.

But few Of our people realize what ex-
tensive preparations are being made for
the laying of the capitol corner stone in
this city on the 18th of May. They read
a little something about it in the papers,
or they hear it talked up on the street
corners, but with most of them what they
hear goes in at one ear and out at the
other and they scarcely give the subject
a further thought. When it is remem-
bered that every organized society, civic
or military, in the territory has been, or
is to be, invited and that arrangement
will probably be made whereby they can
come to Cheyenne on a free excursion
train, some estimate can be made of the
number OF people abroad who will be here
on that day. If all the societies and or
CARNATIONS that are now expected to be
present are in line that day, the process
sion will be a mile and a half long. If
the weather is good on the day Of the lay
ing of the corner stone, it is safe to pre-
dict that between 1000 and 1000 people
will be here from other places, and that
5000 people will witness the ceremonies,
one half of which number will give their
attention to the barbecue as soon as the
other exercises are over.
, 1887-05-04
Tho Bali Keeps Rolling.

There was renewed activity among the
boomer yesterday, and purchases were
numerous. The boom in real estate mat
ters begins to have its effect in other di-
rections. Where n month ago it was
difficult for those desiring to negotiate
looms IN good security, we 10Y find that
men having money are seeking customers.
and the inquiry is now being made,
Don't you want a loan of a few hun
dred dollars or more on long or short
timer or you will occasionally hear a
moneYed man say. DO you know sf any
one who would like to borrow q thousand
or 80 on good security" Going a little
further it might be stated that nearly
every kind of business in the city is pick
ing up, which is a sure indication that
the boom is having its effect. Men who
but a short time G were considerably
discouraged over the prospects of Chey-
enne have now taken courage. and instead
of talking about leaving Cheyenne for
some other locality are making prepara-
tions 20 build or are investing their money
in corner lots.
, 1887-05-04

The board of county commissioners con-
vened again yesterday. A large share of
the time was consumed in hearing com
plants in regard to the laying out o certain
roads, and quite a number of ranchmen
and others appeared before the board and
made statements intended to throw light
on the subject. The subject of roads was
not entirely disposed of, and the only
definite results were the g~rantingof the
petitions in the case of the Fort Laramie
road $50 called) and the Granite Canyon
road. In the former case E. W. Whit.
comb, D. s. Swan and D. McIlvain were
appointed as viewers, to make their re-
port on May II, and in the Granite Can
yon road, L. Ashenfeldter, D, McIlvain
and William Farrell were appointed as
viewers, with May l6 as the day for the
hearing.
A warrant for $l,O52 in favor of the
library fund was ordered drawn on the
treasurer.
j. ". Wesley made an application to
adopt Rose Miller, a minor child in the
care of the county.
A large number of bills were presented
and acted upon.
The board adjourned until 10 o'clock
this morning.
, 1887-05-04
Mrs. Mary O,Brien,

AS this lady's name has been frequently
mentioned on the streets lately in connec-
ton with a $1,000 prize drawn in the
Louisiana State Lottery on March Is, a
Honeer reporter was sent to Central City
to interview her yesterday. In reply to
various questions propounded to her, she
made in substance the following state
ment: L am a widow, 81 years of age;
have one boy old enough to help me along
in the world; have lived in the Hills nine
years; have always worked hard for a liv.
ing, keeping boarders or any honest work
that would pay me. | have a speculative
disposition. Have purchased mining
stocks and paid assessments on them until
| had paid out every dol.a ar | had and was
in debt for provisions l had procured
from the merchants. | had also put in
every dollar of my sons earnings without
his knowledge, and it had got to that
point where money was an imperative
necessity to pay off my debts and keep
my mining stocks afloat. One whole
night | was unable to sleep, worrying over
my embarrassed condition. All of a sud
den, as if by inspiration, the thought
came-buy a ticket in the Louisiana State
Lottery. In the morning | cut the advek-
tisement from the Pioneer, enclosed a 800
bill-all the money | possessed in the
world-in an envelope and directed it to
NJ. A. Dauphln, New Orleans, La, with
a request to send me a ole-tenth interest
in twenty different numbers. Three
weeks afterwards | received a printed list
of the numbers hat had drawn prizes
and. with trembling hands and throbbing
heart, compared the tickets with thelucky
numbers and found l had four winners;
two had drawn S. each, one 800, and the
fourth 5000. 1 now feel that it wa a
lucky thought that induced me to send
the money, and | shall advise all of my
friends to take a lew chances occasionally;
in fact, | am now getting up a big club"
-Dend,cood (Dah. Pioneer, april Is.
, 1887-05-04
Where Arc the Old slnrersg

What becomes of the old singers is a
question as hard 10 answer as that con-
corning the fate of the p~roverbial pins. In
Italy they usually retire to their native
villages and end their days in obscuritS
and peace. In France and Germany
until quite incapacitated for active duty,
they generally set up as singing teachers.
and, thanks mainly to their celebrity,
earn handsome incomes from ambitious
lads and lnsses. Duprez, who was the
original William Tell, gives lessons in
Paris, and so do Marie Sass, the original
Selika in 'L'Africaine, " Dele Sedie, the
great baritone, Carlotta Patti, and a host
of lesser lights of days bygone. The
value of their instruction from q musical
standpoint may be doubted, but that of
the suggestions they can give to gifted
but unfedged aspirants to distinction on
the stage or concert platform can hardly
be Observation-Disclosures York Sun.
, 1887-05-04

Items of Interest Concerning Prominent
PeopIe.

Thomas Msgee is in the city.
John Hunton has returned to the city.
George G.. Donovan is in from his
ranch.
NJ. r, Jones, of Omaha, is at the Inter
Ocean.
Mrs. Mary f. Tilford. of Denver, is in
the city.
Col. T. W. Chaffee went to Hillsdale
yesterday.
Rev. A. w. Williams has gone down
to Boulder.
8. J. Edwards. of Omaha. is at the
Inter Ocean.
John Crawford, of Fort Laramie, is reg
istered at Dyer's.
G. w. Parker, of Kansas City, is at
the Inter Ocean.
Charles Bryan came over to Cheyenne
from Laramie yesterday.
j. J. Hauphof, Of Fort Laramie. came
down to Cheyenne yesterday.
4. G. Haley, of Lusk, and N. r. Will
lams, of Dale creek, are at Overs.
j. S. Smith is in from Horse Greek
and registered at the Inter Ocean.